"getaway" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Deverbal from get away. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|get away}} Deverbal from get away Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} getaway (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans. Tags: not-comparable Translations (pertaining to an escape): Flucht- (German)
    Sense id: en-getaway-en-adj-5tAMJGeS Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 30 16 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 9 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: get-away [adjective]

Noun

Forms: getaways [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from get away. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|get away}} Deverbal from get away Head templates: {{en-noun}} getaway (plural getaways)
  1. A means of escape. Translations (means of escape): გასაქცევი (gasakcevi) (Georgian), fuga [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-getaway-en-noun-LyewLrzc Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 30 16 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 9 20 Disambiguation of 'means of escape': 93 6 1
  2. The effecting of an escape. Translations (effecting of an escape): бягство (bjagstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), измъкване (izmǎkvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), გაქცევა (gakceva) (Georgian), გაპარვა (gaṗarva) (Georgian), Flucht [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-getaway-en-noun-wFqzhpCV Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 30 16 31 Disambiguation of 'effecting of an escape': 6 93 1
  3. (informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one. Tags: informal Synonyms (vacation, holiday): leave Translations (vacation or destination): გაქცევა (gakceva) (Georgian), გაპარვა (gaṗarva) (Georgian), Kurzurlaub (english: vacation) [masculine] (German), Erholungsort (english: destination) [masculine] (German), fuga [feminine] (Italian), retiro (Portuguese), escapada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-getaway-en-noun-itVEjHUa Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 30 16 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 33 9 20 Disambiguation of 'vacation, holiday': 4 2 94 Disambiguation of 'vacation or destination': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: time off, vacation, get-away [adjective] Derived forms: getaway car, getaway driver, getaway man

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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